Inspiring Stories

An experience of collectivization - Chhapuram

Chhapuram is a typical tribal village under Khurji GP of Nandapur block. Its located around 47 km from the District headquarter Koraput and 7 Km from the Block headquarter Nandapur. Chhapuram consist of 2 hamlets

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Winner Crop Triples Malati’s Income

The occupational caste mali has a long history as gardeners and florist. They are known as horticulture specialists. Over the period of time they are more into vegetable cultivation principally for their cash needs.

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Women Collectives Reap Rewards of Cooperation

One of The best examples of the benefits that can be reaped through group efforts can be seen from the village of Krushnagar of Kalyansinghpur of Rayagada district. This case highlights the efficency of adopting

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NPM - Less Input Cost with High Return

Dhekalmunda is a tribal village in Kantamal block under Boudh District.  The 65 families reside in the village mostly depend on farming, daily wages, collection of NTFP, poultry bird rearing, goat rearing and many others.

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APC Could Regularise Vaccination & Deworming of Livestock

Barkani Village is situated in Gandharla GP of Bangomunda Tehsil in Balangir District of Odisha State. It is located 123 KM towards west from District headquarters Balangir. Housing 180 tribal families, Barkani Village has a total population of 750.

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Boosting women’s earnings, a story from Thakurmunda

Life for women in Khuntakata village of Thakurmunda block in Mayurbhanj was challenging, as agricultural employment was seasonal. According to Jayanti Mohanta, they However, with the support of APC project

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She Dares to Dream. Big !!

Three months of back-breaking work under the scorching sun and lashing rains, on a piece of four acres of upland to grow paddy. With that effort, at the end of each monsoon, Basanti’s reward would be roughly 35 quintals of paddy

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Income enhancement through vegetable cultivation

Nilai Urlaka used to grow paddy and cotton every year in her 2 acre land. While cotton was the major crop, she took up paddy as a subsistence crop, as most other farmers in her village

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Natural farming back to farmer life, a story of Boipariguda block

Farmers of Kupuliguda Village under Kollar Gram Panchayat, Boipariguda block practicing fertilizer and compost based agriculture cultivation in vegetable, Paddy and other agriculture produces

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